It's the well poisoning reference.I don't think anything in this brief description is antisemitic in any way. I think whatever that was, it's a reference to something IN the adventure and not in the short description.
I have my doubts that's the case. That's not a well known trope. Hard to dog whistle if almost nobody can connect the dots.It's the well poisoning reference.
AGreedI have my doubts that's the case. That's not a well known trope. Hard to dog whistle if almost nobody can connect the dots.
I don't think anything in this brief description is antisemitic in any way. I think whatever that was, it's a reference to something IN the adventure and not in the short description.
It's the well poisoning reference.
Yeah, for once I agree with Mistwell. There's plenty of bigotry coming out of nuTSR without us having to make things up.I have my doubts that's the case. That's not a well known trope. Hard to dog whistle if almost nobody can connect the dots.
I know it. Historically it was a big deal in Britain.I have my doubts that's the case. That's not a well known trope. Hard to dog whistle if almost nobody can connect the dots.
In America, it is mostly known as an informal fallacy/flawed debate tactic. I have to agree with the others, the likelihood that the NuTSR crew knew about well-poisoning as an anti-Semitic canard is relatively low, and the likelihood of them using it as a deliberate dog whistle even lower. Also they put out so much toxicity that we don't need to put this much work into wringing another one out of their published comments. They were in all likelihood taking a petulant potshot at Morrus, which itself shows just exactly the level of class with which we are dealing.I know it. Historically it was a big deal in Britain.
Your point is a good one but if they are students of medieval history, as D&D players often are (at least informally), their chances of knowing about well-poisoning being an anti-Semitic message rises quite markedly. Even more so if they’ve studied the Black Death period in any depth, where this was at its height and led to dreadful incidents in France, England and “Germany.”In America, it is mostly known as an informal fallacy/flawed debate tactic. I have to agree with the others, the likelihood that the NuTSR crew knew about well-poisoning as an anti-Semitic canard is relatively low, and the likelihood of them using it as a deliberate dog whistle even lower. Also that put out so much toxicity that we don't need to put this much work into wringing another one out of their published comments. They were in all likelihood taking a petulant potshot at Morrus, which itself shows just exactly the level of class with which we are dealing.
Your point is a good one but if they are students of medieval history, as D&D players often are (at least informally